Comments on: The Seven Year Old I’ll Never Forget http://drcason.org/2008/11/14/the-seven-year-old-ill-never-forget/ My Photographic Life Sun, 20 May 2012 18:00:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kristin http://drcason.org/2008/11/14/the-seven-year-old-ill-never-forget/comment-page-1/#comment-2465 Kristin Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:21:55 +0000 http://drcason.org/?p=936#comment-2465 What an amazing story. I'm sure that somehow that child has helped you all these many years. Not sure how, but I'm sure she has. <abbr><em>Kristins last blog post..<a href="http://ttelroc.blogspot.com/2008/11/tribute-to-life.html" rel="nofollow">Tribute to Life</a></abbr></em> What an amazing story. I’m sure that somehow that child has helped you all these many years. Not sure how, but I’m sure she has.

Kristins last blog post..Tribute to Life

]]> By: Lisa's Chaos http://drcason.org/2008/11/14/the-seven-year-old-ill-never-forget/comment-page-1/#comment-2459 Lisa's Chaos Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:41:28 +0000 http://drcason.org/?p=936#comment-2459 Wow! That sounds like a bad day if I ever heard one and it makes me really thankful that none of my kids ever had pneumonia. And lucky that I made it through my pnuemonia (106 fever for three days and delirium). I had lung surgery about 6 years ago now, and had a chest tube and hated that thing. They had to go back into my chest two months later to put some mesh where my lung herniated out my missing rib (from the surgery) and all I cared about was that I now have another chest tube. They assured me I wouldn't but I'll be danged if I didn't wake up with one - I was NOT happy! I will never have another chest tube! I think my biggest issue is that I'm allergic to morphine and demerol. <abbr><em>Lisa's Chaoss last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/lisaschaos/~3/453715866/" rel="nofollow">The tortoise, minus the hare</a></abbr></em> Wow! That sounds like a bad day if I ever heard one and it makes me really thankful that none of my kids ever had pneumonia. And lucky that I made it through my pnuemonia (106 fever for three days and delirium).

I had lung surgery about 6 years ago now, and had a chest tube and hated that thing. They had to go back into my chest two months later to put some mesh where my lung herniated out my missing rib (from the surgery) and all I cared about was that I now have another chest tube. They assured me I wouldn’t but I’ll be danged if I didn’t wake up with one – I was NOT happy! I will never have another chest tube! I think my biggest issue is that I’m allergic to morphine and demerol.

Lisa’s Chaoss last blog post..The tortoise, minus the hare

]]> By: Dot http://drcason.org/2008/11/14/the-seven-year-old-ill-never-forget/comment-page-1/#comment-2441 Dot Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:57:56 +0000 http://drcason.org/?p=936#comment-2441 WOW. Life is so precious! My heart feels so sad... <abbr><em>Dots last blog post..<a href="http://daledot4kids.blogspot.com/2008/11/mommy-was-watching.html" rel="nofollow">Mommy was watching...</a></abbr></em> WOW. Life is so precious! My heart feels so sad…

Dots last blog post..Mommy was watching…

]]> By: tiff http://drcason.org/2008/11/14/the-seven-year-old-ill-never-forget/comment-page-1/#comment-2439 tiff Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:26:59 +0000 http://drcason.org/?p=936#comment-2439 I remember my first 'code' was on a middle aged man. It was very distressing. He was in a four bedder and no one expected him to die. We did CPR for what seemed like forever but he died. he had cardiac tamponade and it is something I will never forget. When I became a middy baby resus was very scary. There were two I will not forget. The first was an emergency caesar after cord prolapse. I had just graduated from being a student. He took a while to resus and there were paeds and NICU nurses everywhere, putting in umbi lines and injecting him with medications. I was just up the end bagging. He was revived and then fitted for days and days but babies are amazing things and he made such a good recovery. The second was after my own son died. Sheila, it was really, in hindsight, a flat baby, who needed a bit more but he rocked me to my very core. I think it was my third or forth shift back and my first in the birthing suite. When he came out flat my head was exploding with I can't do this but something just happened and autopilot kicked in. He was fine. He was. I was SO scared though and it was really hard to continue on after that. I think you just never can tell and perception is everything. My cardiac guy looked great too. He was sitting up and laughing with the other blokes in the room one minute and in cardiac arrest the next. My first baby resus was in bad shape but made a wonderful comeback and my stunned little guy was really fine but because of my own experiences I was rocked to the core of my being. You are amazing and remembering and honouring her wonderful. Your little 'colours' girl helps to make you who you are. So traumatic for you and changes you forever. <abbr><em>tiffs last blog post..<a href="http://www.mythreeringcircus.com/2008/11/too-soon/" rel="nofollow">Too Soon</a></abbr></em> I remember my first ‘code’ was on a middle aged man. It was very distressing. He was in a four bedder and no one expected him to die. We did CPR for what seemed like forever but he died. he had cardiac tamponade and it is something I will never forget.
When I became a middy baby resus was very scary. There were two I will not forget. The first was an emergency caesar after cord prolapse. I had just graduated from being a student. He took a while to resus and there were paeds and NICU nurses everywhere, putting in umbi lines and injecting him with medications. I was just up the end bagging. He was revived and then fitted for days and days but babies are amazing things and he made such a good recovery.
The second was after my own son died. Sheila, it was really, in hindsight, a flat baby, who needed a bit more but he rocked me to my very core. I think it was my third or forth shift back and my first in the birthing suite. When he came out flat my head was exploding with I can’t do this but something just happened and autopilot kicked in.
He was fine. He was. I was SO scared though and it was really hard to continue on after that.

I think you just never can tell and perception is everything. My cardiac guy looked great too. He was sitting up and laughing with the other blokes in the room one minute and in cardiac arrest the next.
My first baby resus was in bad shape but made a wonderful comeback and my stunned little guy was really fine but because of my own experiences I was rocked to the core of my being.

You are amazing and remembering and honouring her wonderful. Your little ‘colours’ girl helps to make you who you are. So traumatic for you and changes you forever.

tiffs last blog post..Too Soon

]]> By: Lisa http://drcason.org/2008/11/14/the-seven-year-old-ill-never-forget/comment-page-1/#comment-2438 Lisa Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:46:14 +0000 http://drcason.org/?p=936#comment-2438 The only patient of mine that coded was probably one of the most difficult things to get over, and I am not sure I completely have. I sometimes find myself replaying the events, trying figure out what I did wrong. She came in for typhlitis. See was getting better. I had just seen her, checked her blood sugar and given insulin. Then she called, SOB, agitated and her Port a cath was dripping blood because she had ripped off the tubiung (I think?) while agitated. Within minutes she changed to confused, to unable to speak, to unresponsive and one pupil dialted the other sluggish. The code went on for 40 minutes but nothing. Her autopsy was inconclusive. Embolism? Did I miss something? I don't know. Mostly what I won't forget is the sheer panic in her eyes moments before she died and I could do anything to stop it. <abbr><em>Lisas last blog post..<a href="http://libelletage.blogspot.com/2008/11/spa-day.html" rel="nofollow">Spa Day</a></abbr></em> The only patient of mine that coded was probably one of the most difficult things to get over, and I am not sure I completely have. I sometimes find myself replaying the events, trying figure out what I did wrong. She came in for typhlitis. See was getting better. I had just seen her, checked her blood sugar and given insulin. Then she called, SOB, agitated and her Port a cath was dripping blood because she had ripped off the tubiung (I think?) while agitated. Within minutes she changed to confused, to unable to speak, to unresponsive and one pupil dialted the other sluggish. The code went on for 40 minutes but nothing. Her autopsy was inconclusive. Embolism? Did I miss something? I don’t know.

Mostly what I won’t forget is the sheer panic in her eyes moments before she died and I could do anything to stop it.

Lisas last blog post..Spa Day

]]> By: Kyla http://drcason.org/2008/11/14/the-seven-year-old-ill-never-forget/comment-page-1/#comment-2437 Kyla Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:23:32 +0000 http://drcason.org/?p=936#comment-2437 Wow. Just so shocking. I think I told you about that time K's pediatrician called me with some test results and then at the end of the conversation, she snuck in a quick, "I had a child code in the office today." It was so surprising to me, the thought that kids ever code in the ped's office, but they do. They code in the office, in the ER, in the OR...all over the world every day. Sometimes they make it and sometimes they don't. Such tough stuff. But what you do helps turn the odds in their favor, that is no small thing. <abbr><em>Kylas last blog post..<a href="http://khebert.blogspot.com/2008/11/yesterday.html" rel="nofollow">Yesterday,</a></abbr></em> Wow. Just so shocking.

I think I told you about that time K’s pediatrician called me with some test results and then at the end of the conversation, she snuck in a quick, “I had a child code in the office today.” It was so surprising to me, the thought that kids ever code in the ped’s office, but they do. They code in the office, in the ER, in the OR…all over the world every day. Sometimes they make it and sometimes they don’t. Such tough stuff. But what you do helps turn the odds in their favor, that is no small thing.

Kylas last blog post..Yesterday,

]]> By: Nikki http://drcason.org/2008/11/14/the-seven-year-old-ill-never-forget/comment-page-1/#comment-2435 Nikki Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:08:00 +0000 http://drcason.org/?p=936#comment-2435 My heart is sad for her and her family. When I hear stories like this I can't help but think it's just an extended version of Grey's Anatomy. Sadly it is not. My heart is sad for her and her family. When I hear stories like this I can’t help but think it’s just an extended version of Grey’s Anatomy. Sadly it is not.

]]> By: Jaden http://drcason.org/2008/11/14/the-seven-year-old-ill-never-forget/comment-page-1/#comment-2434 Jaden Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:16:23 +0000 http://drcason.org/?p=936#comment-2434 oh. my. god. How heartbreaking and tragic. I can understand why her story has plagued you. :( I can't even imagine having been there.... I guess I wouldn't make the best doctor! <abbr><em>Jadens last blog post..<a href="http://bendyruggles.blogspot.com/2008/11/thanksgiving-edition-can-you-believe.html" rel="nofollow">Thursday Thirteen #6- Thanksgiving Edition!</a></abbr></em> oh. my. god. How heartbreaking and tragic.

I can understand why her story has plagued you. :( I can’t even imagine having been there…. I guess I wouldn’t make the best doctor!

Jadens last blog post..Thursday Thirteen #6- Thanksgiving Edition!

]]> By: Kathleen http://drcason.org/2008/11/14/the-seven-year-old-ill-never-forget/comment-page-1/#comment-2432 Kathleen Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:18:25 +0000 http://drcason.org/?p=936#comment-2432 Oh Sheila, what an trial that must have been to go through toward the end of your residency. I can only imagine how much pain this caused you. Sepsis is so easy to miss. Our medical staff have to watch for this continuously with our HIV patients (and the cancer patients too) because of their immune-compromised bodies. I always see cultures such as Group A strep ordered when one of ours is sick, but this is not something many suspect in otherwise healthy children. I can see why it was missed easily. Sometimes God has plans for those "special little young angels," and I believe He had a plan for this precious one as well. I firmly believe God's hands are in all things such as this, and this is His Will. May God always give you, her parents, and all the others involved that "Peace that passeth all understanding" when you think of this sweet little angel. Who knows, maybe she is watching over your Little Miss Blue Eyes from up above. I would sure have loved to know about the "colors" she was seeing - perhaps a glance of the beauty of Heaven. If you have a chance, read a story I put on my blog about another precious little boy dying with leukemia, and his desire to help others and be a special angel too. Brenden Foster's days are very numbered, but he is an amazing and brave young man with so much compassion in that heart of his! <abbr><em>Kathleens last blog post..<a href="http://memphiskat-tinkerbell.blogspot.com/2008/11/childs-big-heart-for-homeless.html" rel="nofollow">A Child With a Big Heart for the Homeless</a></abbr></em> Oh Sheila, what an trial that must have been to go through toward the end of your residency. I can only imagine how much pain this caused you. Sepsis is so easy to miss. Our medical staff have to watch for this continuously with our HIV patients (and the cancer patients too) because of their immune-compromised bodies. I always see cultures such as Group A strep ordered when one of ours is sick, but this is not something many suspect in otherwise healthy children. I can see why it was missed easily.

Sometimes God has plans for those “special little young angels,” and I believe He had a plan for this precious one as well. I firmly believe God’s hands are in all things such as this, and this is His Will. May God always give you, her parents, and all the others involved that “Peace that passeth all understanding” when you think of this sweet little angel. Who knows, maybe she is watching over your Little Miss Blue Eyes from up above. I would sure have loved to know about the “colors” she was seeing – perhaps a glance of the beauty of Heaven.

If you have a chance, read a story I put on my blog about another precious little boy dying with leukemia, and his desire to help others and be a special angel too. Brenden Foster’s days are very numbered, but he is an amazing and brave young man with so much compassion in that heart of his!

Kathleens last blog post..A Child With a Big Heart for the Homeless

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